I have the same problem which happened recently; engine light stays on, speedometre, water temp guage, rev guage all stop working yet car works fine. Nothing reported when running diagnostic. Spoke to Ford Dealer who said this could indicate instrument cluster or vehicle speed sensor and quoted £250 to fix everything all in. Would anyone agree with this or is there a cheaper fix?

I have the same problem which happened recently; engine light stays on, speedometre, water temp guage, rev guage all stop working yet car works fine. Nothing reported when running diagnostic. Spoke to Ford Dealer who said this could indicate instrument cluster or vehicle speed sensor and quoted £250 to fix everything all in. Would anyone agree with this or is there a cheaper fix?

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A common problem on the 2003 focus are the electrics, i had a problem recently where the displays where not functioning, i took off the panel, checked the iso connector and before putting it back in i gave it a quick spray with wd40 and it al seemed to work, been in contact with the garage and for a new unit with callibration you are looking about £140 or so with labour and parts

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Fuses? Blown fusible link? Most gauges work by getting 12 volts from the ignition switch when on, and getting a ground from the sender. Often the 12 volt supply wire goes to more than one so if dead, both will fail. If you have a wiring diagram, you might find which wire to cluster should be hot, and trace it backward to find the issue. Easier to check for ignition switch feed first.

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so the only thing not working is the fuel gauge? the odometer , speedometer , and rpm gauge work, but dont light up? if so, does the radio or any other lights illuminate? check your dimmer switch for these issues. please let me know a little more information

first we will start will the fuel gauge most likely you are correct chevys and 1995 and older jeep wranglers had this problem the sending units failed very commonly. you could have possibly gotton another bad cluster but most likely the speed sensor has worn out. it has a plastic gear being turned by a metal gear and is located near the tail of the transmission. hope this helps

The gear in the speedometer assembly is broken causing the odometer and trip odometer to be inop. You can either buy a new speedo head or buy a gear kit from an online source (google Ford speedo odometer inop)for the kit.

You may have a couple separate concerns. The fuel gauge if it is on empty may have a hole in the float. The speedometer odometer and trip meter is probably a broken gear in the speedo assembly. If the speedometer itself works it is getting a signal from the speed sensor.